Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

तदोवाच महातेजा रावणो लोकरावणः । मय्यश्रद्धान्वितो भूत्वा विषयात्मा सुदुर्मदः

Transliteration

tadovāca mahātejā rāvaṇo lokarāvaṇaḥ | mayyaśraddhānvito bhūtvā viṣayātmā sudurmadaḥ

Translation

Kemudian Rāvaṇa yang berteja besar—penggentarkan segala dunia—berkata, setelah hilang kepercayaan kepadaku, dikuasai nafsu indera, dan sangat angkuh.

Word by Word

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (Adverb of time)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपदी

• महातेजाः: of great splendor
• महातेजाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक) + तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (great + splendor); पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• रावणः: Rāvaṇa
• रावणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रावण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• लोकरावणः: the terror/roarer of the worlds
• लोकरावणः: Apposition (Samānādhikaraṇa/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + रावण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (of the worlds + Rāvaṇa/roarer); पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• मयि: in me/towards me
• मयि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (Pronoun), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• अश्रद्धान्वितः: endowed with lack of faith
• अश्रद्धान्वितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ (नञ्) + श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्वित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नञ्-तत्पुरुष (without faith + endowed); पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• विषयात्मा: sense-object-minded
• विषयात्मा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषय (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (whose self is sense-objects); पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• सुदुर्मदः: very arrogant
• सुदुर्मदः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + दुर्मद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उपपद-विशेषण (intensified adjective); पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Nandīśvara (describing Rāvaṇa’s disposition)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Unspecified

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāvaṇa, blazing with power, speaks with contempt and arrogance; his posture and expression show a mind ruled by senses and pride, set against the stillness of the sacred mountains.

Characters & Entities

• Nandīśvara
• Rāvaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Loss of śraddhā and domination by sense-craving breed pride, which leads to adharma and downfall.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Implicitly the Kedāra region; the verse functions as moral framing within the Kedārakhaṇḍa pilgrimage narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is an ethical characterization meant to instruct by contrast.